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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) connected Thursday submitted a chargesheet identifying Robert Vadra arsenic an accused successful a money-laundering lawsuit connected to UK-based defence trader Sanjay Bhandari.Officials said the prosecution ailment has been submitted earlier Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court arsenic portion of the ongoing investigation. Vadra’s connection nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was recorded successful July this year.Vadra, 56, has antecedently been questioned by the ED successful transportation with the Bhandari-linked case.Bhandari, present based successful the UK, is wanted successful India for allegedly receiving kickbacks successful defence deals done UAE, UAE-registered ammunition companies.
Investigators accidental the defence middleman, linked to transactions involving platforms specified arsenic the Pilatus trainer aircraft, routed ample sums into overseas ammunition accounts and invested successful properties successful the UAE and the UK betwixt 2009 and 2016.This marks the 2nd money-laundering chargesheet against Vadra. In July, the ED had named him successful different lawsuit involving alleged irregularities successful a onshore woody successful Shikohpur, Haryana.
The ED besides filed a chargesheet connected April 17 against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi successful the National Herald money-laundering probe.Robert Vadra remains nether the scanner successful aggregate money-laundering investigations linked to onshore deals executed during erstwhile Congress governments successful Haryana and Rajasthan. He is accused of receiving favourable attraction from the past Haryana medication nether erstwhile main curate Bhupinder Singh Hooda, which allegedly allowed the conversion of his onshore from cultivation to commercialized oregon residential use, enabling important gains. Investigators allege helium besides acquired properties successful London and Dubai done Bhandari utilizing funds routed from defence contracts.The ED says Vadra purchased 3.5 acres successful Shikohpur village, Sector 83, Gurgaon, done Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd from Onkareshwar Properties connected February 12, 2008, for Rs 7.5 crore. The past Congress authorities reportedly granted a commercialized licence for 2.7 acres soon after, and the onshore was sold to DLF 4 months aboriginal for ₹58 crore, generating a nett of astir ₹50 crore.The ED’s probe is based connected a 2018 Gurgaon constabulary FIR alleging fraud successful the transaction. The bureau besides seized 43 properties worthy implicit Rs 37 crore linked to Vadra and his entities, including Skylight Hospitality.
